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2022-04-25 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 24th, 2022
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:46 Arestovich said that "a new Bucha is happening right now in the Zaporozhye direction - they are killing, raping ... everything is in their style."
22:31 The US Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense arrived in Ukraine, a meeting with Zelensky is underway, Arestovich said.
22:29 Servicemen of the Joint Forces group successfully repelled seven enemy attacks in a day, the Defense Ministry reports. Ukrainian defenders destroyed 13 tanks, three artillery systems, 17 armored vehicles, four armored combat vehicles, 18 vehicles and four enemy tankers. Air defense units in the sky of the Ukrainian Donbas shot down three UAVs of the Orlan-10 type.
22:27 The Azov Regiment released a video from Azovstal, where women and children are hiding in basements. They had only a few days of water and food left.
22:26 Arestovich said that mined cars and streamers are still being found in the government quarter in Kiev. "Many people think that Kyiv is safe, but it's not," he stressed.
22:22 The occupiers are preparing to attack Krivoy Rog, the city is ready to defend itself, said the head of the city administration Aleksandr Vilkul: "The enemy is forming an offensive strike formation in our direction in the Kherson region. In the coming days, we are waiting for their possible transition to the offensive. But we know there is more about them than they think, we understand all their plans, and we are fully prepared for any development of the situation."
22:20 In the Donetsk region, five civilians were killed today from enemy shelling: two in Novoselovka, two in Krasnogorovka and one in Novomikhailovka. Five more people were wounded, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
22:18 Shmygal called "not so simple" the process of discussing security guarantees for Ukraine with Western countries. He also said that Kyiv and Washington are discussing the use of frozen Russian assets for financial assistance to Ukraine. According to him, Ukraine needs up to $5 billion in financial assistance every month, and Western partners agree with this amount.
21:51 In the area of responsibility of the operational-tactical group Skhid, on April 24, Russian troops launched one attack. Ukrainian defenders destroyed up to a hundred personnel, three tanks, 17 infantry fighting vehicles, ten vehicles, two artillery systems, one UAV, the Defense Ministry said.
21:46 Dozens of civilians in Ukraine were killed by flechettes - aircraft weapons that were distributed during the First World War, The Guardian writes, citing Ukrainian forensic experts.
“We found several very small, nail-like objects in the bodies of men and women,” said forensic scientist Vladislav Pirovsky. According to him, such objects are found mainly in bodies from the vicinity of Bucha and Irpin.
Dozens of civilians in Ukraine were killed by flechettes
21:44 The head of the Poltava OVA, Dmitry Lunin, said that nine Russian missiles had already hit the infrastructure of Kremenchug tonight.
21:38 Biden: "Two months after Putin launched an unprovoked and unjustified attack on Ukraine, Kiev is still standing. President Zelensky and his democratically elected government remain in power. We will continue to support Ukrainians in their struggle to defend their homeland" .
21:35 The city authorities continue to ask the people of Kiev not to return home if they are in safe places. Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration Mykola Povoroznik said that now more and more people are returning to the city, and this will push the business to open. At the same time, the war has not ended, missile attacks continue, and it is difficult to predict the course of events.
21:33 According to French exit polls, in the second round of the presidential elections, Macron is gaining about 58 percent of the vote, Le Pen - about 42 perrcent. Le Pen announced that she admits her defeat in the French presidential elections.
20:51 In the Kharkiv region today, two people died and 11 were injured, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said. According to him, Saltovka and Alekseevka came under attack in Kharkov, and Chuguev and Zolochiv were shelled in the region.
20:44 Arestovich said that the main direction of the enemy now is Izyum, from where he is trying to attack Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. Also, the enemy is increasing pressure in the direction of Hulyaipol (from south to north of the Zaporozhye region). During the week, the Russian troops advanced there by about 10 km, but now the pace of advance has slowed down due to opposition from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
20:41 Arestovich said at an evening briefing that Russia is concentrating ground forces around Azovstal for a likely assault - despite the fact that the Kremlin promised not to do this. The adviser to the head of the Presidential Office also urged Moscow to start negotiations on Azovstal and threatened that otherwise "you won't like the consequences."
20:28 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have successes in the Kherson direction - the enemy suffers significant losses in personnel and equipment, said the head of the Odessa OVA Maxim Marchenko. He also said that warning notices were posted on the streets of Kherson stating that occupiers and collaborators who decide to come to the so-called "referendum" will be punished.
20:23 Five Russian missiles hit infrastructure facilities in the Poltava region in the evening, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Lunin. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
20:04 White House Deputy National Security Adviser John Finer said he expects new statements about Washington's assistance to Ukraine next week.
20:01 More than 20,000 residents of Mariupol died at the hands of the invaders, said the mayor of the city Vadim Boychenko.
19:33 Arestovich said in an interview with Meduza that in Mariupol "there is no question" of complete control over the city: "The Putin-Shoigu scene is ridiculous... It takes three times as many troops to surround Azovstal as for an assault."
19:31 Russia has only 30% of high-precision missiles left compared to the period before February 24, investigative journalist Khristo Grozev said. However, according to him, the Russian Federation is capable of independently producing such missiles. The production cycle is about a month.
19:20 Putin has "lost interest" in diplomatic ways to end the war and is now determined to seize "as much Ukrainian territory as possible," writes the Financial Times, citing three sources familiar with the conversations with the Russian president. According to them, Putin "came into a rage after Ukraine sank Moscow ."
“There was hope for a deal. Putin hesitated. But he had to find a way to emerge victorious from this,” one of the sources said, adding that everything changed after the flooding of Moscow . “Now Putin is against signing anything. After Moscow, he wouldn't look like a winner. It would be humiliating."
19:16 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announces the intensification of offensive and assault operations of the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Pashkovo, Dovgenkoye and Bolshaya Kamyshevakha. The enemy had no success, suffered losses and was forced to retreat to the previously occupied lines.
In the Donetsk and Tauride directions, the Russian Federation is building up control and air defense systems, continues to fire at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from mortars, artillery and multiple launch rocket systems along the entire line of collision. Inflicts air strikes by aircraft of operational-tactical aviation.
In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy tried to carry out assault actions in the direction of the settlements of Liman and Yatskivka, but had no success. But the occupiers established control over part of the Zarechnoye settlement. They tried to gain a foothold in the western, northwestern and eastern parts of Rubizhne, but were not successful. We began to advance in the directions of Orekhovo and Nizhny.
19:13 The Russian Federation is regrouping units of the Central Military District from the areas of restoration of combat capability to the eastern regions of Ukraine. The enemy plans to move an anti-aircraft cannon division from the 14th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense from the Kursk to the Belgorod Region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
In the Slobozhansky direction, the transfer of weapons and military equipment of the enemy to the area of the city of Kupyansk is underway. The occupiers continue partial blockade of Kharkiv, trying to carry out fire destruction of Ukrainian troops and critical infrastructure facilities.
19:06 Russia lost 90 percent of its best paratroopers in the war in Ukraine, Bellingcat investigative journalist Christo Grozev said: “I personally checked that Russia lost 90 percent of its best paratroopers in the first part of the war. This is the most important and essential part of the army, without which it is simply impossible to conquer key infrastructure facilities and capitals."
Grozev also believes that now Russia has lost the majority of the second echelon - a quality army from their point of view.
19:00 Shell has begun the process of withdrawing from its largest project in Russia - Sakhalin-2. The British-Dutch company is likely to sell its stake to the Chinese, writes the Financial Times.
18:40 Journalists of the Slidstvo.Info project found out that the Russian Orthodox Church, together with the security forces, is forcibly resettling Ukrainians in the Russian Federation. In the hacked correspondence, journalists discovered that since the first day of the war, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations has been sending daily to the clergy detailed information about the course of the war, the number and routes of Ukrainians taken to Russia. Priests settle Ukrainians in churches and monasteries, conduct "spiritual conversations" with them and monitor them with the help of surveillance cameras.
18:38 In the Kherson region, Russian tanks under Ukrainian flags are shelling settlements, the Pivden operational command reports. The occupiers are trying to simulate the presence of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the territories they occupied and to discredit the Ukrainian military.
In the occupied territories of the Kherson and Nikolaev regions, the Russian military continues to agitate the locals for the creation of pseudo-republics.
18:36 The European Union intends to completely abandon Russian gas by 2027, Austrian Minister for Climate Protection, Ecology, Energy Leonora Gewessler said in a comment to Kurier. According to her, for this it is necessary to gradually reduce gas consumption, switch to heat pumps and geothermal energy, where possible, start the production of biogas and renewable hydrogen, and find other suppliers.
18:23 Arestovich said that Kiev is no longer negotiating with NATO to close the sky over Ukraine - now only air defense systems are needed: "This is a closed issue. What we need is the air defense system that we are already provided with. And the sky We will close ourselves."
18:01 Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks said that everyone who does not support granting Ukraine the status of an EU candidate this summer is working against the interests of Europe.
17:55 Russia is trying to exterminate the population of eastern Ukraine, Timofei Mylovanov, adviser to the head of the President's Office, said in a comment to CNN: "I think their message is quite clear - if you surrender, like Crimea did in 2014, nothing will happen to you. If you resist like the Donbass, like the east of Ukraine, you will be destroyed. It doesn't matter if you are military or civilians. So the message that Russia is sending is: Surrender or you will be exterminated."
17:28 The traditional fires in Siberia are already twice as large as last year, and they have become uncontrollable, as the Russian military, who used to fight them, is now at war in Ukraine, writes The Independent.
17:04 Bulgarian Prime Minister Kirill Petkov announced that he would visit Kiev next week. He intends to leave on Wednesday, April 27, and go to Ukraine via Poland. Among the purposes of the visit are to bring a cargo of helmets and body armor, to negotiate with the Ukrainian leadership and to discuss the assistance that Bulgaria can provide to Ukraine.
16:32 Russia forcibly removed 915,000 Ukrainians from the territory of Ukraine, of which 160,000 are children, more than 2,000 are orphans. But there are those among them who were stolen from living parents, Denisova said.
According to her, there are still volunteers in Russia who quietly help Ukrainians escape from the Russian Federation and enter Europe. Seven people are known to have emigrated to Estonia and then to Sweden.
16:07 Russia, in violation of the Geneva Convention, is holding captive Ukrainian soldiers in penal colonies without converting prisons into prisoner of war camps, Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said.
According to her, in the Rostov region, the invaders settled two penitentiary institutions in the south of the Russian Federation at once: a general regime colony No. 1 in the city of Zverevo, and also No. 12 in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky near the Russian-Ukrainian border.
A month and a half ago, the detainees were evicted from there to colony No. 10 of Rostov-on-Don, where prisoners now sleep in three shifts. And the institutions in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky and Zverev are filled with captured Ukrainian soldiers. They are guarded by employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation and prisoners left in auxiliary work.
15:53 Russia has definitely lost seven generals in 60 days, and according to data not yet confirmed - nine, Podolyak said.
15:50 Arestovich said in an interview with Meduza that "in two or three weeks the offensive will end, and with it, the active phase of the war will quite possibly end, because the Russian troops have nothing more to attack with." According to him, now the Russian Federation has collected "the penultimate operational reserves." In particular, in the Belgorod-Valuyek region there are about 15,000: "But these are the unfortunate ones who came out from under Kyiv, Sumy and Chernigov - they have the psychology of the executed. They really do not want to fight."
15:48 According to the border guards, over the past day, more than 24,000 people left Ukraine, and 30,000 returned.
15:44 Russian troops fired on Chuguev, Kharkiv region, the National Police reported. Three people were injured, including a mother with a 12-year-old child.
15:43 In the Donetsk region, a curfew from April 25 will be in effect from 20:00 to 05:00 (it was from 19:00 to 06:00), the OVA reported.
15:42 Thanks to the efforts of military doctors, more than 80 percent of the wounded Ukrainian soldiers are returning to duty, said Anna Malyar, Deputy Defense Minister.
15:40 Lithuania calls on the EU to impose sanctions on the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill, who supports the war in Ukraine.
15:38 Bank of America blocked the accounts of the Russian Consulates General in Houston and New York, Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said.
15:37 Kyrgyzstan has revoked distribution certificates and banned the screening of Russian propaganda films about the war in Donbas and the annexation of Crimea, Minister of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy Azamat Zhamankulov said.
15:35 Indonesia, the world's largest producer of palm oil, will ban its export from April 28. President Joko Widodo said he wants to ensure food availability in his country after the war in Ukraine caused a record increase in global food inflation.
15:33 WHO warns that the healthcare system in eastern Ukraine is practically destroyed, the lives of thousands of people in Mariupol and other cities of Ukraine are at risk. UN health officials are asking for immediate access to Mariupol and other areas hardest hit by the fighting in eastern Ukraine.
15:31 The IAEA will provide Ukraine with all the necessary equipment for the safe operation of nuclear power plants. According to the organization, the first part has already entered the country, the rest will be brought during his visit next week by CEO Rafael Grossi.
The list sent by Ukraine recently covers a range of equipment for the country's various nuclear facilities, as well as radiation measuring instruments, shielding materials, computer assistance, power supply systems and diesel generators.
15:25 Avdievka Coke and Chemical Plant today came under heavy shelling, said the ex-director of the enterprise, People's Deputy Musa Magomedov. According to him, the fire was fired from Gradov, the shops were damaged, but there were no casualties.
He also clarified that the two girls, whom the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko spoke about earlier, died not in Ocheretino, but in Krasnogorovka.
15:19 Arestovich said in an interview with Meduza that Lukashenko is already holding separate negotiations with the West - this is evidenced by the data of both the Belarusian opposition and Western intelligence.
"But the Belarusian territory and the Belarusian military infrastructure - airfields, supply bases, the railway network - were completely used against us. Missiles were launched from there, aircraft flew, troops attacked. This, by definition, is military aggression. But we did not specifically raise this issue, because we "We understand Belarus itself and very clearly separate the Belarusian people and the Belarusian authorities. And we saw that the Belarusian people were against it. Now the Belarusian territory is used very little, practically not used," the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office said.
15:11 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Erdogan on the eve of his talks with Putin. The Ukrainian president announced the need for the immediate evacuation of civilians from Mariupol, in particular from Azovstal, as well as the immediate exchange of blocked military.
The parties discussed the negotiation process, the coordination with Turkey and other countries of security guarantees for Ukraine, the defense capability of Ukraine, as well as the threat to global food security due to the blocking of shipping in the Black Sea.
15:08 Today it was possible to evacuate 16 residents of Popasna, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. They left on a bus that brought humanitarian aid in the morning. Gaidai said that there were more people who wanted to leave: "We sent cars for them, but shelling began."
14:31 In Ocheretino, Donetsk region, this morning, two girls of five and 14 years old were killed during shelling, said the head of the OVA, Pavel Kirilenko. The shell hit the house on Mira Street, where this family lived.
14:07 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called "short-sighted" the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria that Ukraine should not be offered EU membership.
“Such statements also ignore the fact that the overwhelming majority of the population of the founding countries of the EU support Ukraine’s membership… To continue, under various pretexts, to postpone Ukraine’s membership in the EU or to look for an alternative to it, means to indulge Putin’s aggressive plans and slow down the strengthening of the European Union by including Ukraine’s capabilities,” - said the speaker of the Ukrainian department Oleg Nikolenko.
13:25 Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in an interview with The New York Times told how he tried to mediate in negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. In early March, representatives of the Ukrainian authorities approached him with a corresponding proposal. On March 7, Schroeder met in Istanbul with a member of the Ukrainian delegation, Rustem Umerov, and then contacted the Russian Embassy and arranged a meeting with Putin on March 9. The next day, Schroeder also spoke with Medinsky and Abramovich.
"I can say that Putin is interested in ending the war. But it's not so easy. There are several points that need to be clarified," Schroeder said after the meeting with Putin.
The ex-chancellor is also convinced that a country like Russia cannot be isolated. According to him, the German industry needs Russian raw materials. Schroeder believes that "when this war is over, we will have to return to relations with Russia."
12:59 Residents of the occupied territories massively refuse hostile assistance and surprise Russians with self-organization. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, a broad volunteer movement is being deployed in the occupied territories of the Kharkiv region.
Volunteers deliver food and medicine to the poor in the Veliko Burluksky District. To do this, they collect money on their own, refusing on principle the Russian "help".
In the Kupyansky district, where there is no water supply, volunteers organized the delivery of technical water for the elderly. The occupiers are surprised by the activity and self-organization of Ukrainians, according to them, "in Russia everything would be different, no one would volunteer."
12:04 The invaders threaten journalists of RIA-Melitopol with sending them to "correctional institutions of the FSB". According to the publication's employees, they receive such letters every day. The Russians are annoyed that the publication's policy could not be influenced even after the kidnapping of the journalist's father, Svetlana Zalizetskaya.
11:59 Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnik appealed to the coalition in the German parliament, posting a photo of a girl killed in Odessa: "While you hesitated for eight weeks with modern German weapons for Ukraine, Russia is allowed to kill new Ukrainian women and children every day. Like this young mother and child yesterday in Odessa under rocket fire. Oh, you don't want a nuclear war. Okay."
11:56 British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss: "We are entering the third month of Putin's illegal war with Ukraine. Russia has committed horrific atrocities, including attacks on innocent civilians and children in Odessa and the siege of Mariupol. We will not rest until Putin loses, but Ukraine will not win."
11:52 Scholz decided to strengthen the armed forces of Germany. So, the Bundeswehr will receive CH-47F Chinook helicopters from Boeing as its new heavy vehicle, writes Bild. The Ministry of Defense intends to purchase 60 vehicles for about 5 billion euros. They will be delivered no earlier than 2025/26. These aircraft will replace the CH-53G Sikorsky helicopters, which are about 50 years old and in need of repair.
11:48 Podolyak said that right now Russia is attacking the Mariupol Azovstal without stopping, despite Putin's alleged order "not to storm." In this regard, he suggests that Moscow "think about the remnants of its reputation", for which "three Mariupol steps" are needed:
- proclaim a real Easter truce over Mariupol,
- immediately give a gum corridor for civilians,
- agree to a "special round of negotiations" so that you can pick up / exchange the military.
11:43 The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry denied the information about the kidnapping of its consul in Melitopol, BGNEWS news agency reports. According to the Foreign Ministry, Consul Sergei Zhelev is now in his house in complete safety.
11:36 The Red Cross called the situation in Mariupol critical and demands that she be given access to the city.
11:20 Switzerland blocked Germany from re-exporting its ammunition to Ukraine for the Marder infantry fighting vehicle, writes Sonntags Zeitung. According to the publication, Switzerland received two requests from Germany on this issue and both of them answered in the negative. In addition, Switzerland in March rejected Poland's request for arms supplies to Ukraine.
10:53 Suspicion was declared against the downed Russian pilot Krasnoyartsev, the Prosecutor General's Office said. He carried out bombardments on the territory of Ukraine, including civilian objects in Chernihiv, with UFZAB-500, UFAB 250-270, FAB-50 bombs, and also shot dead a Ukrainian civilian. He is accused of violating the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder. The pilot faces life imprisonment.
10:46 The National Guard of the US state of West Virginia will send M-113 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. According to the state Ministry of Justice, the equipment will be sent at the request of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. The exact number was not disclosed.
10:13 Bulgaria refused to supply weapons to Ukraine. According to The Sofia Globe, the reason is that the ruling four-party coalition in Bulgaria has not yet reached an agreement on this issue.
10:10 Arestovich said that nothing threatens the Crimean bridge now: Ukrainian aviation and artillery will not reach it, besides, the bridge is covered by at least two anti-aircraft missile brigades, several ships of the fleet and a permanent detachment of forces in the air.
10:09 UN Secretary General António Guterres will visit Ankara before his trips to Moscow and Kiev (April 26 and 28, respectively). On Monday, April 25, he will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
10:06 British intelligence in its new report notes that despite the fact that Russia has made some territorial gains, Ukrainian resistance has been strong across the board and has inflicted significant damage on Russian forces. And low Russian morale and limited time to rebuild, re-equip and reorganize forces after previous offensives are likely to reduce Russia's combat effectiveness.
09:40 Not only the fate of the French, but of the whole of Europe depends on who wins the second round of the presidential elections in France. What are Macron's chances and why is Le Pen a threat to the EU? Read more about this in the material Second round of elections in France .
09:22 In Mariupol, Valery Kirsanov died from shelling by the Russian army - it was he who in 2015 directed Russian Grads to the Vostochny microdistrict. Then he managed to avoid punishment thanks to the "Savchenko law", according to the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko.
09:17 The General Staff named the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of April 24:
- personnel - about 21,800 people liquidated,
- tanks - 873,
- armored combat vehicles - 2238,
- artillery systems - 408,
- MLRS - 147,
- air defense systems - 69,
- aircraft - 179,
- helicopters - 154,
- automotive technology - 1557,
- ships/boats - 8,
- tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76,
- UAV operational-tactical level - 191,
- special equipment - 28,
- launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.
09:13 British intelligence reports that the Russian Federation plans to call up Ukrainian civilians from the occupied territories for military service, which is a violation of the Geneva Convention. Russia resorted to similar practices in the occupied territories of Donbass and in Crimea.
According to Art. 51 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, "the occupying State may not compel protected persons to serve in its armed or auxiliary forces", and "any pressure or propaganda aimed at securing voluntary entry into service is not permitted."
09:11 An investigation into Russian war crimes in Ukraine has begun in Germany, and Ukrainian migrants are invited to participate and become witnesses. The prosecutor general at the German Supreme Court, Peter Frank, will collect evidence, said Justice Minister Marco Buschman. According to him, experts are collecting testimonies, photo and video materials.
09:09 Provocations near the churches were avoided this night, Vadim Denisenko, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs, said. More than 13,000 police officers worked across the country on Easter night, he said.
09:07 Russian diplomats expelled from Poland not only engaged in espionage, but also purposefully intimidated and blackmailed Ukrainian migrants after the start of the war, Lukasz Jasina, spokesman for the Polish Foreign Ministry, told Newsy.
09:05 As a result of Russian shelling of the Luhansk region, at least eight people were killed, two were injured, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Russians fired 12 times at peaceful houses of the residents of the Luhansk region on April 23. In particular, Mining, Zolote, Lisichansk, Severodonetsk suffered.
08:51 According to OK Pivden, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the manpower and equipment of the occupiers in the Kiselevka area of the Kherson region, after which they retreated towards Chernobaevka. The total losses of the invaders amounted to 74 people and two tanks, MLRS, six units of armored and engineering equipment, four reconnaissance UAVs.
08:34 At night, the Russian invaders fired at the Pavlogradsky district of the Dnepropetrovsk region. According to the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, one rocket hit the railway infrastructure, killing a 48-year-old man. Two more rockets hit an industrial enterprise, there were no casualties.
08:28 There are about 20 enemy ships and submarines equipped with cruise missiles in the Black Sea Operational Zone. As Vladislav Nazarov, spokesman for the Pivden operational command, said, among them there are submarines equipped with Caliber-type cruise missiles.
08:04 Ukraine should not be offered EU membership, said Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg. He argued this position by the fact that the countries of the Western Balkans went a much longer way to candidacy for EU membership.
Schallenberg believes that Ukraine, in principle, should not become a member of the EU, even in the future. According to the minister, there should be other models instead of Ukraine's accession to the EU. He called for "greater flexibility" in the search for mechanisms for rapprochement between Ukraine and the EU.
07:41 Russia is accumulating a group of troops, transferring and concentrating additional units in the Belgorod region in the direction of the Kharkov region, according to the morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine . Thus, according to available data, OTRK Iskander-M launchers are deployed 60 kilometers from the state border of Ukraine.
Russian troops stepped up offensive and assault operations in the Severodonetsk, Kurakhovsky and Popasnyansky directions. There are fights in the areas of the settlements of Zarechnoye, Rubizhnoye and Popasnaya. In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy built pontoon crossings across the Red River. In the Avdeevka direction, it is building up an air defense system.
In Mariupol, the invaders continue to fire on Ukrainian units in the Azovstal area. Air strikes are carried out, including from long-range aircraft.
07:05 In the Kherson region, the Ukrainian military liberated eight settlements, OK Pivden reported.
03:17 The Russians captured several members of the OSCE SMM in Donetsk and Luhansk, the Organization is seeking their release, writes Reuters.
02:12 The EU plans to resume trade negotiations with India in order to limit trade ties with Russia, writes Bloomberg.
01:17 Ukrainian defenders at 22:00 shot down two more Russian cruise missiles, which were launched towards the port of Yuzhny in the Odessa region. Prior to this, the Russians "announced" supposedly Ukrainian "provocations" in Yuzhny, Pivden air command reports. The missiles were fired from the Black Sea.
01:11 In Kiev, on Victory Square, two bronze images of orders with Lenin's profile have been dismantled, eyewitnesses report.
00:50 In Melitopol, the invaders kidnapped the honorary consul of Bulgaria, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. Nothing is known about the fate of the consul and the requirements.
00:14 On April 23, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force and the Ground Forces hit three enemy aircraft (preliminarily Su-34, Su-35, Su-25), five cruise missiles, nine UAVs (presumably Orlan-10).
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